The thesis comprises seven stand-alone, but interrelated studies, aligned toward the same goal : to shed light on the social, ideological, and pedagogic practices of private online language tutoring in Russia.
Table of Contents
Chapter one. Introduction -- Chapter two. Private tutoring in Russia (Paper one) -- Chapter three. A new kid on the block (Paper two) -- Chapter four. 'Language barrier' in private online tutoring - from an inocuous concept to a neoliberal marketing tool (Paper three) -- Chapter five. Discursive practices of private online tutoring websites (Paper four) -- Chapter six. Customers (Paper five) -- Chapter seven. Text chat during video/audio conferencing lessons (Paper six) -- Chapter eight. Coding for Chapter nine (Paper seven) -- Chapter nine. Language education via audio/video conferencing (LEVAC) : a discursive investigation (Paper seven) -- Chapter ten. Discussion.Notes
Bibliography: pages 262-198
Thesis by publication.Awarding Institution
Macquarie UniversityDegree Type
Thesis PhDDegree
PhD, Macquarie University, Faculty of Human Sciences, Department of LinguisticsDepartment, Centre or School
Department of LinguisticsYear of Award
2015Principal Supervisor
David HallAdditional Supervisor 1
John KnoxRights
Copyright Olga Kozar 2015.
Copyright disclaimer: http://mq.edu.au/library/copyrightLanguage
EnglishJurisdiction
Russia. Russian Empire. Soviet Union. Former Soviet RepublicsExtent
1 online resource (xviii, 359 pages) illustrationsFormer Identifiers
mq:54986
http://hdl.handle.net/1959.14/1146290
